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The War of the Worlds, Rhum and Clay Pleasance Edinburgh Artist Support 2020
For every artist and company performing as part
of the 2020 Pleasance Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Programme, our commitment is to provide the
best possible performance experience - from the
quality of our venues and facilities, to the highest
levels of support from our team. These initiatives all
come under the banner of Pleasance Futures which
underpins our key charitable aim of discovering and
supporting the most exciting new voices from across
the UK.
This year these include:
• Open House: for anyone interested in applying to join our
Introduction
programme - Thursday 16 January, 18:00
• Festival Meet and Greet: for programmed artists and companies
- Tuesday 16 June, 18:00
• Pleasance Producers - regular monthly surgeries and workshops
that walk you through every step of the Fringe process
• Meetings with our team
• Technical advice and support in advance of the Festival
• Artist Events including welcome drinks to network and
meet other artists, staff and guests as well as a range of panels,
speakers and networking opportunities during the Festival itself
• Weekly drop-in sessions with our producing and marketing
teams to ask for advice and support during the Festival
• A commitment from the Pleasance to advocate directly for our
programme to key industry stakeholders from across the UK and
internationally, to help ensure the right people know about and
see your show
• Follow up and debrief opportunities post-Fringe to maximize
the benefit of your time in Edinburgh, as well as share experiences
so everyone can learn and improve
For Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2020 we are building upon
firm foundations and continuing
our unique and game-changing
support to artists across the UK.
We are pleased to announce the
most ambitious programme of
support available anywhere
across the Festival! Our aim is to
enable more artists than ever to
join us at the world’s largest arts
festival.
For the latest information on
our artist support make sure
you follow @PleasanceFuture
on Twitter and sign up to the
Pleasance Futures mailing list at
pleasance.co.uk/futures
Molly, Squint
There is little doubt that performing at the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe can be hugely beneficial to artists at all
stages of their careers. Although each journey can be
a daunting one, it can also be the best of challenges,
a proving ground for careers on and off stage where
collaborations and ideas crystallise. For some it is quite
literally life-changing.
All of us at the Pleasance owe a great deal to the festival
and we want to make meaningful investments into the
future of others, so that they too can take a risk, explore
their potential and continue to make the festival the
greatest showcase on earth for expression and freedom of
speech. At the Pleasance we believe it is important to give
people the space and freedom to take that risk. From this
Statement
spirit of innovation springs confidence and great careers
are given a platform from which to fly.
Director’s
We receive no regular public funding and we do not run
the bars at the festival. We must therefore rely, almost
entirely, on the income from tickets and donations. All
proceeds are reinvested to ensure our venues are the very
best they can be and that the work presented encapsulates
the finest in artistic innovation, regardless of what stage in
your career you are.
If you’ve got a good idea and the ambition to realise it, we
want to hear from you!
Anthony Alderson
Director
Pleasance Theatre Trust
About our approach
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a challenging
economic environment. As such, the Pleasance is
committed to championing sustainable producing
practices, that better equip and prepare artists and
companies to navigate and understand the financial
commitments presenting a show in Edinburgh
represents.
The majority of our opportunities are provided on
a financing basis (with the Pleasance’s contribution
recouped last, after core costs and artists fees).
We also acknowledge demand for support will far
outweigh supply. However, for those companies that
want it, we are happy to offer financial advice and
support through the festival cycle.
Presenting work at the Festival is expensive and we
want companies that come to the Pleasance to grow
audiences, develop longer term opportunities and
ultimately develop sustainable pathways, therefore
reducing their overall risk.
Electrolyte, Wildcard Theatre
Introduction
Our Offer
Director’s Statement
Direct Support
1. Charlie Hartill Special Reserve
2. Pleasance Associates - Edinburgh
Partnership Support
3. Pleasance National Partnerships
4. LET Award & Greenwich Partnership Award
5. The COMMON Award
6. Pick of VAULT Festival
Young People
7. Young Pleasance
8. Young Pleasance Graduate Company
Post-Edinburgh Opportunities
9. Popcorn Award
10. Pick of Pleasance Edinburgh
Charlie Hartill
What is it?
The Charlie Hartill Special Reserve is a
Direct Support
designated fund to support emerging theatre
Special Reserve
makers and comedians in bringing their work
to the Festival. For over 15 years the reserve has
enabled artists to hone their talents and focus
on their creativity, by offering vital support in
the form of cash investment and mentorship.
The fund was established in 2004 in memory
of Charlie Hartill and consists of two strands
- the Theatre Reserve and the Comedy
Reserve.
Freeman, Strictly Arts
Theatre Reserve • Support to develop and deliver accessible
performances (including the provision of captioned
Who is it for? performances) as part of your run
Direct Support
The Theatre Reserve provides a young theatre • A programming option in our London transfer
company with the rare and extraordinary run post-Fringe
opportunity to present a fully produced,
groundbreaking performance at the Festival.
To be eligible:
How to Apply
• 40% of the entire production and creative team
must be no more than 5 years from full time Submissions for our Theatre Reserve are open now
education on the final performance date via pleasance.co.uk/charliefund
• The play must have a performing company of 4 Deadline:
or more cast members 10am, Thursday 31 January
• Directors and producers must not have created Theatre Reserve try-outs will take place on
more than two professional productions, including the 24 and 25 February 2019
Fringe We Are Ian, In Bed With My Brother
What do you get?
Theatre Reserve Alumni
• Up to £10,000 in financing from the Pleasance “Receiving the Charlie Hartill Theatre
towards the cost of presenting your show at 2019 - Bible John - THESE GIRLS Reserve was amazing for our
the Festival. This could include support with 2018 - Freeman - Strictly Arts company in so many ways. It’s not
accommodation, travel expenses, Fringe 2017 - Flesh and Bone - Unpolished Theatre
registration and brochure fees just the money, which is of course
2016 - We Are Ian - In Bed With My Brother very useful and burden lifting, it’s
• PR support and additional marketing presence as 2015 - Molly - Squint also the support you receive from
part of our Pleasance Futures campaigns 2014 - Lorraine & Alan - Bucket Club the Pleasance staff - their extensive
2013 - Outside on the Street - Invertigo knowledge, quick response to any
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Festival 2012 - Don Quoixte! Don Quoixte! - Panta Rei issue and production support was
programme Theatre Collective invaluable. Since the Fringe has
2011 - Fit for Purpose - Catherine O’Shea (Writer) ended, we have been contacted by
• Mentorship, support and advice leading up to
and during the Fringe / Concorde Theatre Company venues around the country, as well
2009 - A Stroke of Genius - PIT (David Bryne, as in America, Canada, Hong Kong
• Rehearsal and development space Artistic Director of New Diorama Theatre) and Peru!”
2007 - Greedy Scratchers - Richard Marsh
• Sharing and work space at our London theatre 2006 - The Same ... But Different - Jacob Tindle
(Playwright) Strictly Arts, Charlie Hartill Theatre
2005 - Minor Irritations by Sam Peter Jackson Reserve Recipient 2018
Comedy Reserve Comedy Reserve Alumni “I was 18 when I first
performed at the Pleasance,
Who is it for? 2019 - Josh Jones, Lily Phillips, Mamoun Elagab
six months into becoming a
& Mo Omar
After a series of try-outs at the Pleasance, four up and
2018- Helen Bauer, Jack Gleadow, Michael
comedian and they gave me
coming comics are chosen to perform in a nightly
Odewale & Chloe Petts a break through the Charlie
show at the Pleasance, Edinburgh without any
financial risk. 2017- Catherine Bohart, Danny Clives, Sophie Hartill Comedy Reserve.
Duker & Nigel Ng Without the Pleasance
To be eligible for our Comedy Reserve you must: 2016 - Alasdair Beckett-King, Jack Carroll, Kae finding ways to bring new
• Be an ‘up and coming’ comic
Kurd, Tom Lucy, Darren Harriott, George Lewis, comic talent to Edinburgh the
• Attend a try-out at the Pleasance, Islington
Yuriko Kotani & Michael Stranney
Fringe wouldn’t be quite the
2015 - Malcolm Head, Tom Little, Jamali Maddix
• Be able to attend the Fringe for the duration of the
& Joe Sutherland
same.”
festival
2014 - Chris Betts, Evelyn Mok, Phil Jerrod &
What do you get? Brennan Reece Jack Whitehall,
2013 - Jack Barry, John Hastings , Tez Ilyas & Tom Charlie Hartill Comedy
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• Guaranteed inclusion within our Festival programme
without financial risk
Toal Reserve Performer 2007
2012 - Suzy Bennett, John Kearns, Matt Rees &
• Accomodation Chris Turner
2011 - Luke Benson, Jim Campbell, Julian Dean
• Paid subsistence & Joe Lycett
2010 - Tom Goodliffe, Rhys James, Mark
• Marketing and PR support
Restuccia & Daniel Simonsen
• In kind support including (but not limited to): 2009 - Doc Brown, Pat Burtscher, Jared Hardy &
mentoring from the Pleasance Comedy team; Chris Stokes
rehearsal space, sharing and work space at our 2008 - Daniel Rigby, Gareth Richards, Lou
London theatre; additional marketing presence as part Sanders & Holly Walsh
of our Pleasance Comedy marketing and advertising 2007 - Benny Boot, Brett Goldstein, Jack
campaigns
Whitehall & Tommi Walamies
2006 - Marlon Davis, Pippa Evans, Michael
How to Apply Fabbri & Stuart Hudson
2005 - Lee Bannard, Simon Brodkin, Roisin
Submissions open 3 February Conaty & Oliver Maltman
Make sure you follow @PleasanceComedy on Twitter
and sign up to the Pleasance mailing list to be the first
to find out!
Michael Odewale, Comedy Reserve 2018
Edinburgh
What is it?
The Edinburgh Associate Programme aims to help
Associates
companies and artists with a track record of presenting
Direct Support
excellent and innovative work at the Festival take
the next steps in their careers. Through a mixture of
finance, mentoring and in-kind support, we want to
guide ambitious projects and provide an opportunity for
companies and artists to grow the scale, and maximise
the reach of their work.
Who is it for?
An artist or company looking to bring a piece of theatre
or children’s work up to the Festival. To be eligible for
our Edinburgh Associates Programme you must have
two years experience presenting work at Edinburgh
Fringe and an aspiration to develop your practice and
profile.
What do you get?
• Up to £3,000 financing towards the development and
presentation of your show at the Festival
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Festival programme
• In kind support including (but not limited to);
mentoring from the Pleasance; rehearsal, sharing
and work space at our London theatre and additional
marketing presence as part of our Pleasance Futures
campaigns
• A programming option in our London transfer run
post-Fringe
• Support to develop and deliver accessible
performances as part of your run
How to Apply
Submissions are open now via our website.
Deadline: 10am, Wednesday 15 January
For more information visit:
The Last of the Pelican Daughters, Wardrobe Ensemble pleasance.co.uk/edinburghassociatesEdinburgh
What is it?
Partnership Support
The Pleasance is working with five partner theatres
National
across the UK to identify and support exceptional
artists and companies local to them, who want to
take work to the Festival. Each partner is a leading
national producing house, with a commitment
to supporting and developing new artists. This
Partnerships
programme recognises the extraordinary work
being created outside London, and aims to provide
tangible support to these companies to present at
the Festival. Together, we hope to make a substantial
contribution to develop the next generation of
leading theatre-makers and companies.
For 2020 our partner organisations are:
Bible John, THESE GIRLSWho is it for? How to Apply
Partnership Support
Dynamic artists at all stages of their careers. HOME Manchester Award: Details on the
Each partner theatre’s submission process will submission process for the HOME Award will be
be different, but the primary aim of the scheme available from: homemcr.org/about/jobs
remains the same; to uncover and support the
best companies and artists from across the UK to Leicester Curve Award: Submissions will
present work at the Festival! open week commencing 16th Dec. Full details on
the process for the Leicester Curve Award will be
What do you get? available from: curveonline.co.uk/get-involved/
artist-development
• £1,500 financing from the Pleasance towards the
costs of presenting your show at the Festival York Theatre Royal Award: Submissions
for the York Theatre Royal Award will open via
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Festival their website yorktheatreroyal.co.uk. Join their
programme mailing list to find out more: artistdevelopment@
yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
• Edinburgh Fringe registration fee covered by
local partner theatre Bristol Old Vic Award: Submissions will open
week commencing 16th December. Full details
• One-week minimum of in-kind rehearsal and on the process for the Bristol Old Vic Award will
development space from local partner theatre be available from: bristololdvic.org.uk/for-artists/
ferment
• A programming option in our London transfer
run post-Fringe
• Mentorship, support and advice from both local
partner theatre and the Pleasance leading up to,
and during the Fringe
“It’s brilliant to partner with an
• Support to develop and deliver accessible organisation like the Pleasance on an offer
performances as part of your run that will help an artist or company from the
South West get their show up to the Fringe.
“We are really excited to be part of this “We’re really excited to be a partner on The economics of the Fringe are tough and
project, it’s an excellent way of supporting this project to support artists from our getting tougher, and in the current climate
local artists with taking work to Edinburgh. region to take their work to Edinburgh. It’s the support of venues and organisations
Financially making the Fringe work can be a brilliant opportunity for us to connect to to help the very best emerging work find
very tough, it’s important that venues can new ideas and take them to the next stage a platform on this amazing international
come together to work on projects like this of their development. We look forward to stage is vital.”
to ease that burden.” lots of brilliant plans coming our way!”
Ben Atterbury,
Kevin Jamieson, John Tomlinson, Producer, Bristol Old Vic Ferment
Head of Programming, HOME Producer, York Theatre RoyalLET & Greenwich
What is it?
Partnership Support
The LET Award, created by Les Enfants Terribles,
offers an emerging theatre company the opportunity
Partnership
to take their exciting, risk-taking piece of theatre to
the Pleasance for the Festival. We are also delighted
to offer the Greenwich Partnership Award again, in
collaboration with Greenwich Theatre, meaning there
are two awards up for grabs.
Who is it for?
• Any emerging theatre company that feels they’re
ready to take the leap and debut their show at the Fringe
• The company must apply with an original piece
(newly written, devised or adapted). Productions of
existing material are not eligible
• Works must not yet have been fully produced or
performed
What do you get?
• £1,000 cash injection towards the costs of presenting
your show at the Festival
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Fringe programme
• Industry mentoring and support from LET and
Greenwich Theatre
• Support to develop and deliver accessible
performances as part of your run
How to Apply
Submissions open: 3 December
Deadline: Friday 3 January
Showcase: 9 February, Greenwich Theatre,
London
A shortlist of ten companies will then be chosen to
perform an extract of their show at the LET Award
Showcase and the two winners are chosen on the
evening. For more information and to apply please go
to: lesenfantsterribles.co.uk/awards
Tobacco Road, IncognitoThe COMMON
Partnership Support
Award
What is it?
• In-kind support, mentoring and advocacy from
To support working-class artists or companies in the Pleasance and COMMON in the lead-up to
their early or mid-career to make the most of the and during the Festival, including (but not limited
incredible opportunity the Fringe provides, we to): mentoring from the Pleasance to demystify
have joined forces with COMMON for a second the Fringe experience; development, rehearsal
year to platform an exceptional theatre production and work space in the lead-up to the Edinburgh
(including shows for children and young people) Festival Fringe at the Pleasance’s London theatre;
made by a working-class creative or company support to find accommodation; and more!
through The COMMON Award.
• Access to COMMON’s network of industry
Who is it for? relationships with venues, arts organisations and
high-profile industry members
To be eligible for The COMMON Award, the
applying creative or company must: • The full weight of COMMON behind your
show to provide significant industry recognition
• Be in an early or mid-stage of their career and attention
• Identify as being from a working-class background
(or similar identities such as benefit or under-class) • Support from COMMON to secure attendance
• Have a commitment to taking a production to the from representatives of additional awards which
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2020 are run during the Festival
• An optional London transfer of your show
What do you get? post-Fringe at Pleasance London
• Up to £2,000 of financial investment towards • Support to develop and deliver accessible
the cost of presenting your show at the Festival, performances as part of your run
which may be put towards elements including
travel, accommodation, Fringe registration and
subsistence
How to Apply
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Fringe
programme Submissions open:
Monday 9 December
• A 60/40% or 55/45% box office split in your
favour depending on VAT status of the company Deadline:
10am, Monday 20 January
• Additional marketing presence and support with
press coverage during the Edinburgh Festival as To apply, please visit: commontheatre.co.uk/
part of the Pleasance Theatre’s Pleasance Futures whatisthecommonaward
campaigns
The Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Some Other People, Rhys Slade-JonesPick of
What is it?
Partnership Support
The Pleasance’s Pick of VAULT Festival gives a company
in the 2020 VAULT Festival programme the opportunity
VAULT
to transfer their show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in
2020, as part of the Pleasance’s Programme.
This is part of a reciprocal award whereby
the Pleasance and VAULT Festival identify and
support remarkable productions to transfer
Festival
between our Festivals.
Who is it for?
To be eligible to receive this award you need to have
presented a theatre or children’s show as part of the
VAULT Festival 2020 and be available to perform for
the whole Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2020.
What do you get?
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• £1,000 financing from VAULT Festival towards the
costs of presenting your show as part of the Pleasance’s
Edinburgh Fringe Programme in 2020
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival
Fringe programme
• Industry mentoring and support from VAULT Festival
to support you during your Edinburgh Festival run
• Support to develop and deliver accessible
performances as part of your run
How to Apply
All theatre and children’s productions presented as part
of the VAULT Festival 2020 are eligible, and further
information on how to nominate your show will be
circulated by VAULT Festival in early-2020.
“A major London
festival… showcasing
new and rising talent”
Ladykiller, The Thelmas
The IndependentYoung Pleasance
Edinburgh Residential
Young People
Support for
Alice Unhinged, Young Pleasance 2017What is it?
Each year Young Pleasance creates a company
of young aspiring creatives (performers and non-
performers). The company specialise in large-scale
ensemble work, creating dynamic and original
shows with high production values and runs for
two weeks at the Fringe. Having staged original
productions for the Fringe for the last 25 years,
the company has launched the careers of many
performers, writers, directors and technicians. 2020
is the 25th anniversary of Young Pleasance!
Who is it for?
Participants aged 16-21 interested in both on and
off-stage theatre roles.
What do you get?
The Edinburgh Residential Company gives young
performers and backstage crew a professional
theatre experience, creating a large-scale
production, before and during the largest arts
festival in the world.
“Young Pleasance is
extraordinary”
How to Apply
British Theatre Guide
Submissions are open
Deadline: 10am, 11 December
“Superbly
multi- talented”
For more information and to apply visit:
pleasance.co.uk/yp
Scotsman
“Breathtakingly
skilful ensemble”
BBC ScotlandXYP: Young Pleasance
What is it?
XYP is an initiative designed to offer emerging theatre
makers, previously participants of Young Pleasance, the
Graduate Company
opportunity to develop a company. We provide the vital
and tailored support they need to produce their first piece
of work at the Fringe.
Young People
Support for
Who is it for?
Theatre companies where at least 40% of the company
must have come directly from our Young Pleasance
programmes.
What do you get?
“We can say without a shred
of doubt in our minds that the • Up to £5,000 financing from the Pleasance towards
most influential, instrumental the cost of presenting your show at the Fringe.This may
be used to cover Fringe registration, brochure fees,
and galvanising step in accommodation, travel expenses and production costs
the creation of our theatre
company was being granted • Guaranteed inclusion within our Fringe programme
the status of Young Pleasance
Graduate Company 2018.” • PR and marketing support as part of our Pleasance
Futures campaigns
Clay Party, XYP Company • Mentorship, support and advice leading up to and
2018 during the Fringe
• Rehearsal and development space
• Sharing and work space at our London theatre
• A programming option in our London transfer run post-
Fringe
• Support to develop and deliver accessible performances
as part of your run
How to Apply
Submissions will open via our website in
December 2020.
A Womb of One’s Own, Wonderbox“To have had the opportunity
to kickstart our careers and our
company at such a prestigious venue
and with such invaluable support is
a huge privilege and something to
Young People
which we will always be indebted.”
Support for
Spies Like Us, XYP Company 2017
“As a company we have grown up,
learned and trained together for
over 3 years (since the age of 15)
with Edinburgh Festival Fringe and
London Fringe experience. From
working with the Young Pleasance
we understand and are capable of
rising to the rigorous demands of this
world-renowned arts festival.”
Incongntio, XYP Company 2016
Murder on the Dancefloor, Spies Like UsPopcorn
What is it?
The Popcorn Writing Award from Popcorn Group
celebrates writing excellence, fearless work which
Writing Award
playfully and artistically questions and addresses current
Post-Edinburgh
affairs, societal trends and contributes positively to
Opportunities
public debate. The Popcorn Group, with the Pleasance,
seeks to support writers and artists inciting, igniting
and challenging the status quo through innovative and
thought-provoking theatre.
Who is it for?
To be eligible to receive this award you need to
be premiering a new piece of text-based theatre
(new writing) as part of our 2020 Edinburgh Fringe
programme.
What do you get?
• The credited writer of the winning production will
receive the The Popcorn Writing Award, a £2,500 cash
prize to support the writer’s career
How to Apply
All productions presented as part of the Pleasance
2020 Fringe Programme are eligible for the Popcorn
Writing Award, unless the applicant elects otherwise.
The winning submission for 2020 will be announced at
the end of the 2020 Festival.
“We are excited to be
working with the Pleasance in
championing and supporting
bold and thought-provoking new
material which questions and
challenges the status quo.”
Charlotte Colbert and Jessica Malik
Popcorn Group
I’m a Phoenix B*tch, Bryony KimmingsPick of
What is it?
VAULT Festival’s Pick of Pleasance Edinburgh
Pleasance
Award gives a company in the Pleasance’s 2020
Fringe programme the opportunity to transfer their
Post-Edinburgh
Opportunities
show to London’s VAULT Festival in 2021.
This is part of a reciprocal award whereby
Edinburgh
the Pleasance and VAULT Festival identify
and support exciting productions to
transfer between our festivals.
Who is it for?
To be eligible to receive this award you need to
have presented a theatre or children’s show as part
of our programme, be available to perform during
the VAULT Festival.
What do you get?
• £1,000 cash investment from the Pleasance
towards the costs of presenting your show as part
of VAULT Festival 2021
• Guaranteed inclusion in VAULT Festival 2021
• Industry mentoring and support from the
Pleasance to support you during your VAULT
Festival run
• Support to develop and deliver accessible
performances as part of your run
How To Apply?
“The epitome of underground All productions presented as part of the Pleasance
theatre… a cavernous treasure 2020 Fringe Programme are eligible and further
trove… the spirit of the Fringe is information on how to nominate your show will
be shared in mid-2020.
alive, well and thriving in SE1.”
A Younger Theatre on VAULT FestivalSubmissions for our Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme programme are now open! You can find out more information about bringing a show by visiting: pleasance.co.uk/ perform Please note that applying for the opportunities contained within this document does not automatically enter you to be considered for our Fringe programme as a whole. Therefore, if you would like to bring a show to the Fringe, please do make a separate submission.
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